Friday

Hot chocolate isn't like it used to be. And thank goodness for that. Remember when it was a virtually inedible powder? Yuck. These days the best stuff can be eaten with a spoon, though we recommend at least trying to resist and making it into a hot drink. Jaz & Jul's use single-origin dark chocolate sourced from a workers' cooperative in Grenada, and combine it with gorgeous spices and flavours. Get the gift pack so you can try them all yourself. Not to give away, don't be silly. It's far too good to share.

Thursday

A sight guaranteed to induce nostalgia in anyone who grew up in the 60s or 70s. Fisher Price have now reissued their classic toys - not only the record player, but also the pull-along telephone, the least-digital-television-ever and the clock (which actually is a great purchase for children just learning to tell the time). Buy of the Day is wiping away a tear and remembering the good old days.

Wednesday

Buy of the Day, for reasons which will soon become clear, has spent a lot of time thinking about Christmas recently. And thinking about anything is so much easier with the appropriate stationery to assist you. This great little organiser from Dodopad has sections for card lists, gifts and food and is refillable year after year. Who need elves anyway?

Tuesday

We're in denial about Tuesday. It didn't happen, ok? Lets move on.

Monday

Now here at Buy of the Day we're sure that today's main event has been marked in your diary for months. Yes, it is indeed World Toilet day. No, really it is, we're not full of ... ahem anyway. So, mindful of all that precious water you flush away and the 2.5 billion people who don't have access to nice clean WCs, here's a brand you can buy who are carbon neutral, don't export, and give all their profits to clean water charity WaterAid.